Talk:The Hissing of Summer Lawns/Archive 1

Ouch
Ouch I say. Fixed two types, but the end of the sentence "a few occasional" I can't fix, since I have no idea what the original writer wanted to say. A few what? --jae 12:22, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Since it is 5 December 2006, and the original writer has not returned to particularise whatever it was he or she was on about, it is time for the sentence to go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vonhangman (talk • contribs) 13:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Possible inaccuracy
I'm not sure the following sentence from this entry is accurate:

"The African theme of "The Jungle Line" is continued on the album sleeve, with an image of natives carrying a huge captured snake, superimposed on the Beverly Hills suburbs. Joni's own house is marked in blue on the back cover."

Are the houses in the background identifiable as a "Beverly Hills suburb"? They look like ticky-tacky 1950s-era houses from a lower middle-class neighborhood--certainly not Beverly Hills. Did the author mean to say "Los Angeles suburb"? That would more accurately describe these houses, although the phrase "Los Angeles suburb" is debatable because Los Angeles IS a giant suburb. Yes, I know, Los Angeles proper is a city, but "Los Angeles" is used loosely to describe the ninety-plus municipalities in Los Angeles County.

The urban skyline behind these houses deserves mention too. Are they too part of the Los Angeles skyline? Of the four tall buildings, the middle too resemble (vaguely) the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. Which brings me to this observation: Is the entire background--low-rise houses and high-rise buildings--an actual skyline or an artist's imaginary city-scape? I don't live in New York or Los Angeles, so any help here would be appreciated.

Sorry if any of this seems like nit-picking, but the original entry does include an entire paragraph on the album cover, so I think this discussion is relevant.Kinkyturnip (talk) 05:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments (formerly at comments subpage)
This entry reads like a review, with virtually no citations to back it up and in my opinion, outright misinformation. The comment alone about the cover, claiming "The African theme of "The Jungle Line" is continued on the album sleeve, with an image of natives carrying a huge captured snake (both were embossed or "raised" on the original vinyl album cover)." is odd, as the drawing more closely resembles South American natives, and nothing in the song lyrics specifically reference Africa.

The comments on the cover art also claim: "The men and the snake are superimposed against the Beverly Hills suburbs, with Mitchell's own house marked in blue on the back cover." but there is no citation to explain why that is Joni Mitchell's house, and the drawing features a cityscape and a suburb-scape. I am mystified as the the source of the original writer's information.

Many of the song comments seem more like the original writer's interpretations than any kind of fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tpicco (talk • contribs) 15:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Hissing
There are some interesting suggestions about the meaning of the title of the album on this page, but they aren't referenced and might be just that editor's opinion. Personally I always thought the hissing was a reference to the snake on the lawn shown on the album's cover! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.38.25 (talk) 07:50, 1 October 2010 (UTC)